Coed Teen Party Games

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As an adult planning an event, you might not be a fan of “Drake and Josh”, and you don’t play World of Warcraft, and you have no idea who Fall Out Boy is. However, almost any teen party will be a smash hit as long as you strike on what’s hot now.

Most teens are into books, movies, music, television, and video games. Customize party games and activities to what you’ve heard others talking about or what is commonly advertised. Chances are, these things will be top of mind with partygoers.

Ideas for Coed Teen Party Games

Whether it’s a sweet 16 birthday party or just some friends getting together, it’s fun to have some interactive games that allow teens to show off their talents, engage in conversation, or take safe chances.

Music Video Charades. Divide the group into two mixed gender teams. Give them five minutes to come up with ten popular musical acts with videos on YouTube or on music television. Without using music, each team acts out a scene from a video for the others to guess.

Pop Culture Trivia. Look at teen magazines and MySpace for information on celebrities, pop stars, and other hot topics. Write out fun facts and have players answer. Prizes can be related to some of the trivia subjects.

Taste it. Put a variety of food items into small, numbered plastic containers. The object is to have a sample with your eyes closed and write down what you think you just ate. Items such as bittersweet chocolate, guacamole, strained carrots, spaghetti sauce, marshmallow fluff, ground up saltines, and the like work well for the harmless “ew” factor. Don’t get too gross, and be aware of potential food allergies.

Touch it. Similar to taste it, you write down what you think you touched. Separate some tactile things into numbered paper lunch bags. Fun items such as a feather boa, gummy worms, a piece of velvet, double-stick tape, shaving cream or pudding, a nest of fishing line, and other unusual items make for funky fun.

Ice Breakers. Adults make it through many business networking functions by the grace of party ice breakers. Two popular games of this genre are sentence starters and Q&A.

In sentence starters, people go around the room finishing sentences such as:

• If I were a superhero, I’d rid the world of…
• I have never…
• In the fifth grade, I once…
• If I were a dog, I’d be a…

In Q&A, every party attendee has a piece of paper attached to his or her back as they arrive. On the paper is a person, place, or thing. The attendee can make three attempts to guess what’s on the paper by asking other party goers questions, to which they answer “warm,” “cold,” or “yes.”

Make a Game Out of Party Food

Another idea for coed teen party games is to get everybody in the kitchen to make the group’s party snacks.

Individual pizzas. Be it a meat-lovers or all cheese, there’s a type of pizza for every teen. Prepare a variety of ingredients ahead of time, and use the packaged dough rounds, jarred sauce, and shredded cheese. Set out all the components, and let each attendee create his or her own pizza. This method also works well for building ice cream sundaes and banana splits, too.

Mock cocktails. Don’t think of this as encouraging drinking behavior as much as a way to establish an understanding of how flavors mix and match. Set up a station of different juices, syrups, mixers, and garnishes, along with fancy glasses, and a list of mocktails to try. Rule number one: no matter how “ucky,” if you mixed it, you drink it!

Keep Them Active

Other coed teen party games involve activities such as bowling, mini-golf, and laser tag. Sometimes it’s helpful to initiate the party with these types of activities so that everyone can find a comfort level before heading back to the house.

It’s natural for the group to split into male and female clusters at first, but eventually, everyone will relax and be able to mingle with each other..